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The end of MSN Messenger, the beginning of attacks

19

Mar

2013

Microsoft recently announced the shutdown of its popular IM client MSN Messenger, which will be replaced by Skype, but its end represents the beginning of malicious attacks posing as the installer of the software. Cybercriminals already started to use this fact in their attacks, registering malicious domains, buying sponsored links on search engines, tricking users […]

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Paying for Skype Links? No Thanks.

04

Feb

2013

A site called Skype(dot)messenger-2013(dot)com was seen to be advertising downloads of Skype, and it resembled the real thing with the exception of a disclaimer at the bottom: Click to Enlarge “Membership is for unlimited access to our site’s resources. We provide an organised website with links to third party freeware and software…” To get your […]

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Shylock Not the Lone Threat Targeting Skype

22

Jan

2013

Shylock malware which spreads via Skype is not the only threat that users should be worried about. We found another worm that takes advantage of Skype to spread copies of itself.Reports of Shylock malware found on certain Skype messages was a hot topic last week. We looked into the related samples and based on our […]

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